128 LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCEKA. 



24. Syntomis Atekeus? 



Nigro-fusca, purpurascens ; antennce apice albce ; abdomen macula 

 basali fasciaque Jlavis ; alee anticce maculis sex limpidis, 

 posticce basi vel omnino limpidce. 



Sphinx adscita Atereus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 240, pi. 400, f. A. 

 Syntomis Atereus, H'ubn, Verz. Schmett. 122, 1320. 



Coromandel. 



Var. ? Blackish brown, with a slight purplish tinge. Antennae 

 white above towards the tips. Fore wings with six limpid spots, one 

 near the base, two a little before the middle, and three nearer the 

 tips, two of the latter are merely divided by a vein. Hind wings 

 limpid towards the base where the hind border is yellow. Abdomen 

 with a large yellow transverse dorsal spot at the base and with 

 a yellow band a little beyond the middle. Length of the body 4 — 5 

 lines; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



Var. /3. Head yellowish white in frout. 



Var. y. Tip of the abdomen with yellow hairs. 



Var. 6\ Hind wings limpid ; borders irregularly brown. Abdo- 

 minal segments with yellow bands along the hind borders. 



a. Madras. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



b. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 c — e. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



25. Syntomis Minceus. 



Viridis ; alee anticce maculis sex, posticce duabus limpidis ; abdo- 

 men macula basali fasciisque quatuor albis. 



Sphinx adscita Minceus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 109, pi. 347, f. A. 

 Eutomis Mincea, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 122, 1322. 



a — c. Cape. From Mr. Drege's collection. 



26. Syntomis albimacula. 



Mas. Viridis, proboscide, palpis pedibusque piceis ; caput antice 

 albo guttatum ; antennce nigrce apice Jlavescentes ; pectus albo 

 bimaculatum ; abdomen albo bifasciatum ; ala, anticce plus 

 dimidio basali maculisque duabus limpidis ; posticce quadrario 

 basali postico limpido. 



